Zira PHP Editor

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Zira PHP Editor - Lightweight PHP Development Tool

"Zira PHP Editor" is a lightweight PHP development app for Android, Linux, and Raspberry Pi, offering syntax highlighting, code autocomplete, and built-in PHP web server support. It includes a development pack with PHP 7.3.22, Git 2.28.0, and SassC 3.6.1, enabling users to edit, run, and manage PHP projects efficiently. Ideal for coding on the go, it supports custom themes, various file types, and provides tools for debugging and project management.
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App stats

Users: 13,979
13
Version: VARY (Last updated: 2020-09-23)
Creation date: 2020-01-29
Permissions
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Other: full network access

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App summary

Zira Editor is a lightweight PHP Editor for Linux, Android and Raspberry Pi with syntax highlighting and autocomplete.

Zira Editor for Android includes a development pack with PHP 7.3.22, Git 2.28.0 and SassC 3.6.1 binaries.
With this development pack you can clone, pull or push your code to remote repository, run PHP code inside editor or start built-in PHP webserver and test your project in web-browser.
PHP binary has following extensions: OpenSSL, cURL, FTP, Iconv, GD, mbstring, SQLite, XML, Zip and Zlib.
Zira Editor brings almost everything you need to start PHP-coding on Android.
You might want to borrow a hardware keyboard and mouse :)

Important notes:
Disable word prediction in your virtual keyboard settings.
For better experience install Hacker's keyboard or use hardware keyboard and mouse.

Mouse right-click context menu can be opened by long press or from main menu (Tools - Context menu).

To store your project files outside application data folder (i.e. sdcard) you need to give storage permission to Zira Editor in application settings (Android 6+ only). All files saved in application data folder will be lost after uninstall / reinstall if you won't backup your files.

If text is too small you can increase font size in Settings dialog or you can set a proper scale factor for window.

How to run your code on Android without root using Termux (Android 5+):
Install Termux terminal emulator.
Open terminal and run command:
termux-setup-storage
Now you can access your sdcard if you type:
cd storage
Install PHP:
pkg install php
Go to your project home directory:
cd project_home
Start PHP built-in web server:
php -S 127.0.0.1:8000
Open 127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.

You can check for the latest release on GitHub:
https://github.com/ziracms/editor/releases

Get additional themes for Zira Editor:
https://github.com/ziracms/editor/tree/master/bin/themes
To enable custom themes you need to enter path to themes folder in Settings -> Misc -> Custom themes folder

Main features:
- low memory usage
- fast parser
- syntax highlighting
PHP
JavaScript
CSS
HTML
- autocomplete
PHP built-in functions and classes
project classes, functions, variables
JS objects, variables
CSS selectors, properties
HTML tags
- unused variables check
- files browser
- file symbols navigator
- highlight matching
brackets
tags
php expression (endif; endforeach;)
- function arguments display
- class auto import
- bulk comment in/out
- project state saving on exit
- F1 Help (PHP manual download required)
php function docs
php class docs
php class method docs
- php lint integration (syntax check)
- php code sniffer integration
- git integration
status browser
annotations display
- sass support
- quick access panel (search files + symbols)
- go to declaration
functions
classes
class methods
- search in files
- snippets
- built-in colorpicker
- built-in light and dark themes
- custom themes support

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good for PHP developers
  • Full development environment on a mobile device
  • Better design for coding on the phone with a physical keyboard
  • Has features that meet user needs
  • Overall positive user experience
Cons
  • Cannot figure out how to run the code
  • Issues with scrolling; only using the scrollbar
  • Font is tiny and can't zoom in
  • Needs a lot of redesigning and improvements
  • Limited functionality for other web development languages (HTML, CSS, JS)
Most mentioned
  • Scrolling issues
  • Font size problems
  • Need for redesign
  • Positive environment for PHP coding
  • Usability with physical keyboards
User reviews
Can't figure out how to run the code
by dinesh chasiya, 2023-07-10

Awesome App but if you make Zira Html, Css, JS, Editor This would be great
by Bouchra Elidrissi, 2022-07-19

can't zoom in, font is tiny!
by Billdo Deepinya, 2022-04-09
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